docs/manual: document <PKG>_STRIP_COMPONENTS

Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net>
Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>
Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
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Luca Ceresoli 2015-07-11 16:15:05 +02:00 committed by Thomas Petazzoni
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@ -303,6 +303,15 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) :
the package source code. Buildroot copies the contents of the the package source code. Buildroot copies the contents of the
source directory into the package's build directory. source directory into the package's build directory.
* +LIBFOO_STRIP_COMPONENTS+ is the number of leading components
(directories) that tar must strip from file names on extraction.
The tarball for most packages has one leading component named
"<pkg-name>-<pkg-version>", thus Buildroot passes
--strip-components=1 to tar to remove it.
For non-standard packages that don't have this component, or
that have more than one leading component to strip, set this
variable with the value to be passed to tar. Default: 1.
* +LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies (in terms of package * +LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies (in terms of package
name) that are required for the current target package to name) that are required for the current target package to
compile. These dependencies are guaranteed to be compiled and compile. These dependencies are guaranteed to be compiled and